On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin · 1859

Mentioned in 1 episodes across 1 podcast: Modern Wisdom.

About the book

Charles Darwin’s seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s.

Where it comes up

Modern Wisdom

#960 - Dr Jerry Coyne - The Spiciest Ideas Of Evolutionary Biology · 2025-06-28
“We certainly Darwin knew almost nothing about Speciation So it caused book the origin of species is a bit of a misnomer. He should call it the origin of adaptations Which might be a natural selection, but in terms of species that is the lumpiness of nature the fact that creatures are not”
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